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PORT ADMINISTRATION

Mrs. Falenaoti Loi-On Fruean
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The newest cabinet member of the Lemanu and Talauega Administration is Director of the Department of Port Administration Mrs. Falenaoti Loi-On Fruean, after she was official approved by the House of Representatives on Wednesday, Jan. 18, in a vote of 17 yays and 1 nay....
Entrance to the Port of Pago Pago
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Territorial Audit Office cited “internal control weaknesses over cash handling operations” — issues that have been cited before yet were not addressed by the Port Administration Department in a surprise cash count conducted in August this year.   The audit report was...
Chris King
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Lemanu- Talauega Cabinet has lost one of its members. Port Administration director, Chris King, passed away Monday morning. He was 56. His sudden death came as a shock to many as Mr King was seen out and about last week during the government’s site visit at the...
Protestors claiming the lack of necessary actions by ASG following the King Tides in July
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Port Administration revealed in their third quarter report that the funding source for the reconstruction of the Aunu’u wharf is “to be announced” — yet on the report there is an allocation for the project, which will cost $5 million. There is also no funding available...
Port Director Chris King
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The status of the longline dock at Malaloa, which broke ground in 2019 remains on hold due to federal regulations. This was statement by the Director of Port Administration Christopher King during budget hearing this past week.  “We had to put a hold on that project to...
PORT OF PAGO PAGO
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A significant increase in the number of employees for the Department of Port Administration was outlined in its proposed budget for the new fiscal year 2023. The budget proposal book was submitted to the Legislature with hearings scheduled for next month. According to...
Port of Pago Pago building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa’s “dependence on imports is extreme, compared to other U.S jurisdictions” and in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, the territory saw a 30,000 tonnage increase in imports from the prior year for the Port of Pago Pago, according to a Port...
Summer Youth Employment participants with Port Director
Port Administration director, Christopher King, along with other department personnel and student-participants from the ASG Summer Youth Employment Program, assigned to Port Administration pose for a photo at the Airport Fire Rescue station, as the department bid farewell last Friday to the...
Harbor Master Silila Patane (left), Health official John Fuimaono (right) unnamed man in background
A REMINDER THAT COVID-19 IS PART OF LOCAL PORT SAFETY PROTOCOLS: This recent Samoa News photo shows Harbor Master Silila Patane (left), Health official John Fuimaono (right) and another person in the background, on board an ASG tugboat waiting for a vessel to be brought into port. They are all...
Port workers and Customs officers inspect a mixed cargo container.
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After a container vessel leaves port, it’s common on the main wharf to see workers and ASG customs agents — as seen in this photo from this past Thursday morning — removing cargo from a container, checking for content. Usually this occurs due to ‘loose’ cargo owned by...

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